USAREUR Band & Chorus Soldier is Awarded Junior NCO of the Year for Army Music

By Spc. Joseph AgacinskiOctober 13, 2017

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Sgt. Anna Leverenz, french horn
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SEMBACH, DE -- Sgt. Anna Leverenz has been named the 2017 Junior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year for Army Music. Every year, each of the 33 active duty U.S. Army Bands submits a representative NCO to be rated competitively against their peers. Some of the rating factors include physical fitness, weapons qualification, musical proficiency scores, Army awards, etc. They are rated at the unit level first by their command teams and then competitively across the entire Army Band Field by a panel of senior enlisted, warrant, and commissioned officers.

"It is truly an honor to be selected as NCO of the Year in my field. My fellow Army musicians demonstrate the character, presence, and intellect that define a good NCO, and I am pleased to have been chosen out of all the outstanding leaders in my field."

Sgt. Leverenz currently serves as a French horn player and Operations representative for the U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus in Sembach, Germany. She previously served with the TRADOC Band at Ft. Eustis, VA from 2011-2014. Sgt. Leverenz received her Bachelors of Music in French Horn from Southern Illinois University (2005), her Masters of Music in French Horn from Illinois State University (2007), and her Doctorate of Musical Arts in French Horn from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (2011).

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